George Inn, Didmarton
The George Inn may have been at 40, The Street, Didmarton. The inn closed in 1827. No other details at present.
Barn House, Cherrington, nr Tetbury
A pub / bar called the Barn House is listed in the ‘Inns of the Cotswolds Map’ drawn and compiled by K.C. Jordan and published by John Batholomew & Son. The Yew Tree Inn is also included on the map – were there two pubs in Cherington in the 1970’s? It’s a mystery!
Yew Tree Inn / Cherington Inn, Cherington, nr Tetbury GL8 8SW
Cherington is just over three miles to the north of Tetbury and about a mile and a half east of Avening. The beer house detailed below was licensed to sell off sales only. It is likely that the premises (unnamed in the 1891 and 1903 licensing books) later became fully licensed as the Yew Tree. […]
Calcot Hotel & Spa, Calcot Crossroads A46-A4135 GL8 8YJ
Calcot Manor is an upmarket country hotel just off the junction with the A46 Stroud to Bath road and the A4135 Tetbury road. The Gumstool Inn, part of the complex, opened in November 1994. The Gumstool Inn won the Gloucestershire Dining Pub of the Year in 1997. Citizen: Wednesday November 6th, 1985 – Hotel in […]
Portcullis Hotel, Great Badminton GL9 1DB
According to the GWR publication the Portcullis Hotel was ‘close to the railway station on the main Great Western line at Badminton’. If this was so, the Portcullis Hotel was actually nearer to Acton Turville. In an 1885 reference it is listed as the Portcullis Hotel and Posting House. A publication dated 1906 entitled ‘Holiday […]
Sawyers Arms, 71 High Street, Avening
In 1856 Henry Bennett bought the Post Office (occupied by Joseph Powis) and a blacksmiths shop with yard occupied by William Hopkins. In the first half of the 1870’s Henry Bennett pulled down the Post Office and house and built the Sawyers Arms on the site. He sold the Sawyers Arms to Playnes of Minchinhampton […]
Rising Sun, Old Hill, Avening GL8 8NR
The Rising Sun was located at Old Hill on the eastern side of the village. The Rising Sun Inn was referred to the Compensation Authority c.1922 and presumably closed soon after. It is now in residential use and called Rising Sun Cottage. Map Reference: ST 885982 Licensing Details: Owner in 1891: Mrs Hannah Wilkins (free […]
New Inn, Pound Hill, Avening GL8 8NB
The New Inn is now a private residence called Glebe House. The building is 17th century and Grade II listed. It was known to be a pub in 1749. Map Reference: ST 881980 Licensing Details: Owner in 1891: Nailsworth Brewery Rateable value in 1891: £12.0s.0d. Type of licence in 1891: Alehouse Owner in 1903: Nailsworth […]
Nags Head, Nags Head Lane, Avening GL8 8NZ
Nags Head is the name of an isolated hamlet just to the east of Avening on the unclassified road towards Cherington. The settlement is probably named after the public house. Much of the hamlet of Nags Head was bought up in the late 1700’s and early 1800’s by the George family of Cherington. The George […]
Horse & Groom, Avening ?
Only one reference in 1856. It is possible that this refers to the Horse & Groom which is known to have existed in Woefuldane Bottom in Minchinhampton, about a mile to the north of Avening, leading off Hampton Hill. 1856 E. Niblett
